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Definition of Revivor
1. n. Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor.
Definition of Revivor
1. Noun. (UK legal) revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revivor
1. the revival of a law suit [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revivor
Literary usage of Revivor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Federal Practice, Civil and Criminal: Including Practice in by Roger Foster (1920)
"Bills in the nature of bills of revivor in general. A bill in the nature of a
bill of revivor is a bill filed "to obtain the benefit of a suit after ..."
2. A Treatise on Federal Practice, Civil and Criminal: Including Practice in by Roger Foster (1920)
"A bill in the nature of a bill of revivor is a bill filed "to obtain the benefit
of a suit after abatement in certain cases which do not admit of a ..."
3. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"The pit., Welsh, brought a bill of revivor and a supplemental bill against ...
Said administratrix pleaded in bar of the bill of revivor, that Fish's widow ..."
4. A Treatise on Federal Practice in Civil Causes: With Special Reference to by Roger Foster (1892)
"A bill of revivor and supplement is a bill which revives a suit after an abatement,
and at the same time supplies a defect which has arisen in it since its ..."
5. The Doctrine of Equity: A Commentary on the Law as Administered by the Court by John Adams, Robert Ralston (1890)
"The only requisite is that there be some matter still in litigation, for the
decision of which revivor is needed. And if the decree has been in all other ..."
6. The Doctrine of Equity: A Commentary on the Law as Administered by the Court by John Adams, James Reily Ludlow, John MacMinn Collins, Henry Wharton, George Tucker Bispham, George Sharswood (1873)
"And if the decree has been in all other respects performed, the mere non-payment
of costs will not warrant a revivor, except where they have been decreed ..."
7. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1855)
"When there is an original bill and a cross bill thereto, and an abatement takes
place, there must, in general, be a bill of revivor in each cause; ..."
8. The Law of Patents for Useful Inventions by William Callyhan Robinson (1890)
"Bill of revivor. When by the death of either of the parties a suit in equity
becomes abated, a bill of revivor will restore it and permit the court to ..."
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